D: Do fishes blink?
Me: No, I don’t think so. We blink to keep our eyeballs moist.
D: What’s ‘moist’?
Me: Not dry – we blink to stop out eyeballs drying out, and fish live in water, so they don’t need to stop their eyeballs drying out.
D: But water can STING if you get it in your eyes, and THEN you have to blink.
Me: Water doesn’t sting – it’s a bit nothingy on its own. The fish are used to having it in their eyes.
D: What about the BABY fish? They won’t be used to having it in their eyes. Do they just come out, blink a few times and then they’re used to it?
Me: No. I don’t think they’re built with eyelids. They just have their eyes wide open all the time because they don’t need to blink.
D: Oh.
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